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Fishing Reports
High Noon at the Marquesas Corral and a Grand Slam!
October 26, 2006
Posted by Capt. Dexter Simmons Key West Fly Fishing
Contact: Capt. Dexter Simmons
Email: captdexter@prodigy.net
URL: http://www.keywestflyfishing.com
Current Report
Oct. 26, 2006. October
fishing in the Keys is a
mixed bag of Tailing Permit,
Bonefish, rolling baby
Tarpon, Barracuda, spawning
Black Tip Sharks. Then comes
that first serious cold
front with 25 to 30 knot
winds out of the North.
Water temps drop from the
mid 80's to the mid to upper
70's. Fish go deeper where
the water
is a consistent temperature
and cleaner so they can see
to feed and avoid
predators.
The day
before that cold front
approached the Keys, Capt.
Dexter decided to venture
out to the Marquesas on a
guide's holiday. Mooney
Harbor Channel was bustling
with rolling baby Tarpon at
7:30 a.m. On Capt. Dexter's
6th cast, the line came
tight to a fish
that struggled mightily but
did not jump. After a few
brisk runs, the fish was
subdued and brought to the
boat. Capt. Dexter was
happy to find a ten pound
Permit with the cockroach fly
in the scissors of its
mouth.
Just
after releasing the Permit
unharmed, Capt. Dexter
noticed a few baby Tarpon
rolling up the channel
toward his
staked out skiff. Four
casts later, Capt. Dexter's
line came tight again and
the fish was on. But what
was it? No jump again. Was
it another Permit?
Then the
baby Tarpon
finally cleared the water in
a surging jump, with gills
rattling. Capt. Dexter was
happy to see and feel the
fish thrash. A couple more
jumps, bowing to the Silver
King baby each time, and
Capt. Dexter
brought the fish to the boat
releasing it unharmed from
Capt. Dexter's
cockroach.
O.K. now
what? There was a splash
behind "FlatsMaster"
Sounded like another baby
Tarpon, so Capt. Dexter made
a quick back-cast and
started stripping right away.
The line came tight again,
but quickly went limp as the
large Barracuda thrashed the
surface gnawing through the
thirty pound shock tippet.
Lucky fly lost, Capt. Dexter
took a break to soak it all
in as a scattered shower
sprinkled
through "FlatsMaster" and
the Marquesas.
What a great
morning! Just then, another
splash 150 feet from the
skiff to the east on the
flat. The large sickle tail
protruded from the water
giving evidence of a tailing
Permit. Capt. Dexter
quietly scrambled to the rod
rack for the SAGE TCR 990
with a Sandy Merkin ready to
cast.
Would the fish swim close
enough for a shot? The
answer came within minutes
as Capt. Dexter maneuvered
the skiff a bit closer
trying not to make any noise
so as to spook the fish.
Restaking the skiff within
80 feet, Capt. Dexter waited
to see if a shot was
possible. Ten minutes
later, the
fish tailed nearly 200 feet
further out on the flat.
Capt. Dexter decided just to
watch this one out, as the
flat was too soft to wade
and the fish was undoubtedly
headed away from the
skiff.
Bonefish were on the mind as
Capt. Dexter poled the skiff
onto another flat inside the
Marquesas. Patchy clouds
made sightfishing tough, but
every now and then the sun
would shine steadily and
with any luck...there!
Three Bonefish were cruising
across a spit of sand at
high tide. The skiff was
drifting
slowly and the fish were
swimming toward the bow at
the 2 o'clock position,
about 90 feet out. Capt.
Dexter made a back-cast with
the Hartwell Gotcha fly that
landed 6 feet in front of
the approaching fish in 16
inches of water. The fly
settled and after a few
seconds Capt. Dexter
twitched the fly with a few
short strips, then paused.
Another few short strips and
the lead fish pounced on the
fly. Capt. Dexter came
tight to the Bonefish and
the run was on. The SAGE
TCR-890 bent over with the
weight of the Bonefish power
run. Two blistering runs
later Capt.
Dexter brought the fish to
the skiff and released it
unharmed.
Twelve
o'clock, high noon at the
Marquesas corral and a GRAND
SLAM. The Marquesas are the
very best place to pursue
that lofty goal, and on that
day Capt. Dexter was truly
fortunate to have made it
happen.
When you are ready
to book a charter or just
talk fishing, contact Capt.
Dexter Simmons by casting
your net line to
http://www.keywestflyfishing.
com or by TOLL FREE CHARTER
HOTLINE: 877-FISH052 (877-
3474052) ///// or at 305-745-
3304 or by email at captdexter@prodigy.ne
t Happy Fishing!
Our Father (Mother) - Son
(Daughter) Key West Flats
Fishing Trips are now
scheduled for throughout the
summer, fall, winter, and
spring.
For more information about
the Father and Son Flats
Fishing Trips go to h
ttp://www.keywestflyfishing.c
om/fatherandson.htm
Once again, you may
contact Capt. Dexter Simmons
for a future fishing charter
on his TOLL FREE CHARTER
HOTLINE: 877-FISH052 (877-
3474052) ///// or at 305-745-
3304 or by email at captdexter@prodigy.ne
t
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